Karan Johar offered a huge sum of money to Vijay Deverakonda to star in the Hindi remake of Dear Comrade but he rejected.

Updated Aug 02,2019, 12:17 PM IST

After the release of Dear Comrade, Vijay Deverakonda has managed to keep himself in the limelight and for all the good reasons.

Recently, Karan Johar announced that he will be making the Hindi remake of the film, it is also said that Karan wanted to cast Vijay in the film and also offered him a huge sum of money. ₹ 40 crores were offered to Vijay to star in the Hindi remake of the film but he rejected it.

A leading daily quoted Vijay saying as "I don't want to be a Hindi film hero... I wanted to be an actor. Besides, I see no point in telling the same story twice. I spend so much energy on a film I do it... I can't redo entire emotions...It's not exciting for me because I know the scenes. I wouldn't want to waste six months doing the same."

It was said that Bhushan Kumar - Murad Khetani and Sajid Nadiadwala - Vijay Galani also wanted to purchase the remake rights of Dear Comrade. But Karan Johar outbid them and got the remake rights for a reported six crore.

After the success of Kabir Singh, this is Vijay's second film which will be remade in Hindi.

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